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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823133103321

Autore

Schoenbaum David

Titolo

The United States and the state of Israel / / David Schoenbaum

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1993

ISBN

0-19-771756-X

1-280-43970-X

0-19-536446-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 404 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

327.7305694

Soggetti

International relations

Israel Foreign relations United States

United States Foreign relations Israel

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1993.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-393) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. In the Beginning -- 2. Stopping the Buck -- 3. Getting Acquainted -- 4. To the Brink and Back -- 5. To the Brink and Over -- 6. From War to Watershed -- 7. Yom Kippur -- 8. Step by Step -- 9. A Piece of Peace -- 10. Perpetuum Stabile? -- 11. Afterthoughts -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

This study traces Israeli-American relations from their roots in both the American and Jewish experiences to the current peace process. It also examines the relationship in the perspective of the World Wars, the Cold War, the Gulf War, European colonialism and Middle Eastern nationalism.